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@@ -291,64 +291,24 @@ All subsequent commands should be run from this directory.
 
 To build the documentation, run:
 
-::::{tab-set}
-:::{tab-item} `make` mode
 ```sh
 make html
 ```
 The local build can be viewed by opening `docs/build/html/index.html` in a browser.
-:::
-
-:::{tab-item} Default mode
-```sh
-python make_api_index.py && sphinx-build source build -W
-```
-The local build can be viewed by opening `docs/build/index.html` in a browser.
-:::
-::::
 
 To re-build the documentation after making changes, we recommend removing existing build files first.
 The following command will remove all generated files in `docs/`,
 including the auto-generated API index `source/api_index.rst`, and those in `build/`, `source/api/`, and `source/examples/`. Once the files are removed, you can re-build the documentation as described above.
 
-::::::{tab-set}
-:::::{tab-item} `make` mode
 ```sh
 make clean
 ```
-:::::
-
-:::::{tab-item} Default mode
-::::{tab-set}
-:::{tab-item} Unix
-```sh
-rm -f source/api_index.rst && rm -rf build && rm -rf source/api && rm -rf source/examples
-```
-:::
-:::{tab-item} Windows
-```sh
-rm -fo source/api_index.rst && rm -r -fo build, source/api, source/examples
-```
-:::
-::::
-:::::
-::::::
 
 To check that external links are correctly resolved, run:
 
-::::{tab-set}
-:::{tab-item} `make` mode
 ```sh
 make linkcheck
 ```
-:::
-
-:::{tab-item} Default mode
-```sh
-sphinx-build source build -b linkcheck -W
-```
-:::
-::::
 
 If the linkcheck step incorrectly marks links with valid anchors as broken, you can skip checking the anchors in specific links by adding the URLs to `linkcheck_anchors_ignore_for_url` in `docs/source/conf.py`, e.g.:
 
@@ -361,6 +321,15 @@ linkcheck_anchors_ignore_for_url = [
 ]
 ```
 
+:::{tip}
+The `make` commands can be combined to run multiple tasks sequentially.
+For example, to clean the build directory, build the documentation, and check the links, run:
+```sh
+make clean html linkcheck                 # Unix-like systems
+make clean && make html && make linkcheck # Windows systems
+```
+:::
+
 ## Sample data
 
 We maintain some sample datasets to be used for testing, examples and tutorials on an